Pioneering iPS Cell Scientist Kazutoshi Takahashi Receives NYSCF – Robertson Prize in Stem Cell ResearchThe New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) will award a Japanese scientist with the NYSCF – Robertson Prize for his extraordinary achievements in translational stem cell research. Dr. Takahashi was lead author on a series of landmark papers that described reprogramming adult cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which were published while he was a postdoctoral researcher in Shinya Yamanaka’s, MD, PhD, laboratory at Kyoto University. [The New York Stem Cell Foundation] Press Release